The Cure To Play Exclusive Sydney Shows In Celebration Of 'Disintegration' 30th Anniversary

GRAMMY-nominated band the Cure is celebrating 30 years of their timeless Disintegration album with a series of special shows in Australia.

The band will perform "Pictures Of You," "Lovesong" and the rest of the classic album exclusively at the Sydney Opera House as a part of their Vivid LIVE programming celebrating music with curated performances May 24–28. The band previously played Vivid LIVE in 2011 with performances of Three Imaginary Boys, Seventeen Seconds and Faith .

"We are delighted to be returning to @SydOperaHouse for four exclusive performances only at #VividLIVE this May celebrating the 30th anniversary of Disintegration," the Cure tweeted.

The band will also play seldom B-side performances, curated catalog cuts and perform with "evocative visual backdrops," at the shows according to the Opera House.

Disintegration has several well-loved fan favorites, and in a 2017 interview with the Recording Academy, video director Tim Pope, who has directed Cure videos including "Friday I'm In Love" and "Just Like Heaven" talked about why "Lullaby" is one of their many great songs:

"That song was particularly lurid and vivid," says Pope, "and it's got one of my favorite lines: 'And I feel like I'm being eaten/By a thousand million shivering furry holes.' My god, where can you go wrong with a line like that?"

The Cure's Robert Smith Is Reportedly Curating An L.A. Music Festival

With over 30 shows scheduled across the globe, 2019 is set to a big year for alt-rock icons—and now Rock & Roll Hall of Famers—the Cure. A week ago they added their first U.S. dates of the year to mix, as they will be headlining both weekends of Austin City Limits. Now, Stateside fans have another U.S. Cure show to look forward to.

On May 3, frontman Robert Smith revealed on SiriusXM's "Debatable" talk show that he is curating a music festival in Los Angeles to take place later this year, which his GRAMMY-nominated group will headline.

"We'll be announcing another one [music festival] later this month, which will be a really special one, actually, because we're curating it," Smith told Debatable hosts Mark Goodman and Alan Light, as '80s music blog Slicing Up Eyeballs shared. He continued:

"It's going to be on the West Coast. There's going to be about ten other acts, all hand-picked. I just wanted to do something a bit like [the Cure's 40th anniversary concert at London's] Hyde Park. Something a bit celebratory. It isn't going to be a Disintegration show, I'll be very clear about that. It's going to be just a celebratory show with a load of artists who all in their own right deserve to headline festivals."

Smith said the festival "will be in and around L.A.," and he hasn't decided how many days the event will span. "I can't wait to announce it. It's such a great bill," he said.

The Cure will be performing five nights of special shows at the Sydney Opera House later this month to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their classic album Disintegration, with the May 30th event being available to watch via livestream.

"I don't really want to dedicate the rest of the year to celebrating something that happened 30 years ago. I'd much rather celebrate what we're doing now. The idea of the global stream of Disintegration was really to give me a bit of an out in case I decided we're not going to do it again. I've got some ideas of how we could incorporate it into some of the things we might do later in the year," Smith explained.

As for the Cure's forthcoming 14th studio album, which Smith teased back on Dec. 13 on "Debatable," Smith told the hosts that it should be out before the end of 2019.

"My only dilemma at the moment is getting a running order that works. I've gone through so many different running orders…My favorite running order is about 47 minutes of just relentless doom and gloom. But I actually think the album needs just something ever-so-slightly off kilter to make the rest of the songs work better," he revealed.

It looks like ACL and his soon-to-be-announced L.A. fest will be the group's only U.S. shows this year (other than their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction performance last month), but Smith shared they are plotting a 2020 North American jaunt.

"We're already talking about what we're going to do coming back to America next year. I want to do something with new songs. I want to bring a new show to America rather than do something nostalgic," he said.

Wiz Khalifa Announces Decent Exposure Tour With French Montana & More

Wiz Khalifa has announced plans to hit the road for his Decent Exposure Tour and will bring French Montana, Playboi Carti and more along with him.

The tour will kick off on July 9 in Atlanta, stop by in Cincinnati, Chicago, San Antonio, Texas, Denver and other cities before its last stop in Boise, Idaho on Aug. 15. Moneybagg Yo, DJ Drama and Chevy Woods will also tour with Khalifa.

Frou Frou Release First Song In 15 Years, "Guitar Song (Live)"

GRAMMY-winning musician and singer Imogen Heapand GRAMMY-nominated producer/musician Guy Sigsworth have released their first song in 15 years as electronic-pop duo Frou Frou.

"Guitar Song (Live)" was released Friday (April 19) and is an acoustic love song. "Take your time, we'll feel our rhythm/ And find our feet, just like lovers do/ Me and you," Heap sings.

"Guitar Song: It’s a song—with guitar! Easy, breezy and summery. Like João Gilberto playing shoegazer music. Or something :),” Sigsworth said in a statement.

The duo released their debut and only album, Details, in 2002. The album featured "Breathe In" and "Let Go," which appears and helped bring to life Zach Braff's film Garden State. The duo disbanded in 2004 but reunited for Heap's Mycelia World tour.

"So happy to be releasing dear ‘Guitar Song’ with Guy, as Frou Frou,” Imogen Heap said in the statement. “We never really got to tour as Frou Frou that much but we are making up for it and opening every show on this World Tour we are on with this song."

The two will launch the U.S. leg of the Mycelia world tour on April 28 in Miami. For more information on the tour, visit Imogen Heap's website. Listen to their latest above.

NU'EST And Tomorrow X Together To Perform At KCON In New York

The convention, which brings panels, workshops and other events on K-pop, K-beauty, k-food, k-drama and all other things hallyu or Korean culture, will also come the Los Angeles Convention and Staples Center Oct. 15–18

KCON, the annual Korean entertainment and culture convention, has announced one veteran and one newcomer group of K-pop as the music artists for its 2019 New York event.

Veterans NU'EST and rising stars Tomorrow X Together will perform at the convention, which is taking place July 6–7 at New York's Madison Square Garden and Javits Center. While no other details have been revealed, KCON says that more lineup information around its fifth annual NY convention will be coming soon.

The much-anticipated announcement was made live via Facebookand Instagram. Tomorrow X Together, known as TXT, released their debut EP The Dream Chapter: STAR in March and debuted at No. 1 On the Emerging Artists chart. They were announced first.

NU'EST, who was a part of the first-ever KCON in Irvine, Calif. in 2012 and will release their latest album in late April, was announced second.

The convention, which brings panels, workshops and other events on K-pop, K-beauty, k-food, k-drama and all other things hallyu or Korean culture, will also come the Los Angeles Convention and Staples Center Oct. 15–18. No lineup details on the L.A. event have been announced yet. KCON happens in other countries around the world, including Japan and Thailand.

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